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2002 SWEET 16
The Salukis’ triumphant
return to the Marion
Airport after beating
Texas Tech and Georgia to
advance to the Sweet 16.
The 2002 team finished the season
ranked No. 22 in the Coaches Poll, the SIU rallied from a 19-point
de cit to beat No. 21-ranked
school’s first national ranking since Georgia. “Big-Game”
the 1976-77 season. The team set a Jermaine Dearman led SIU
with 25 points.
school record for wins (28), beat two
ranked teams (No. 23 Georgia and No.
22 Indiana) and defeated teams from
leagues such as Conference USA, the
Big 12, the Big Ten and the SEC.
Bruce Weber’s staff
included future
head coaches Matt
Painter, Chris
Lowery and Rodney
Watson.
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